Courtesy of Major League Soccer Talk.
Great analysis! Becks has caught a lot of flack for failing to boost football’s profile in the States…this post does a great job of properly spreading the blame around. I agree with point 2 about how the different playing styles hampered things, and ABSOLUTELY agree with the first point about blaming Alexi Lalas. The former L.A. Galaxy GM has gotten some blame for al of this but not enough.
…because according to environmental watchdog Carbon Trust, Becks has the biggest carbon footprint. This is a result of the 15 “gas guzzlers” he co-owns with his wife and all the fuel that they wasted flying around in support of their various athletic and promotional commitments. Apparently, this is the second time that they’ve received this honor.
The story originated from the Daily Star UK but I couldn’t find it in its entirety after trying various search methods. However, the entire blogsphere has been going nuts with this story so you can find some snippets out there. I found it via the Grist site, which covers a wide array of environmental topics. Check out the story and then check out the rest of the site…kinda cool!
Sucks. And I may have to recant my AC Milan support if it goes through.
He may have been saying this for a while and I think he flip-flops his opinions sometimes, but I like Steven Cohen and respect what he has to say. The host of the World Soccer Daily radio show and the Fox Football Fone-in TV call-in show has, once again, gone off on the LA Galaxy organization for their overhyping Beckham as THE one to bring Soccer to the U.S. masses and failing miserably in the process:
“It was a smash-and-grab. They wanted the money and season-ticket sales and didn’t take into consideration he was injured. It was fraudulent and disingenuous to sell Beckham (ticket) packages when he didn’t play.”
Money was definitely a factor in all of this, but I really think that Alexi Lalas and Co. had a some altruism on the brain and really wanted to raise soccer’s profile in America. But Steve makes some good points.
Read the full article here.